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The battle for China's past : Mao and the Cultural Revolution /

Mao and his policies have long been demonised in the West, with the Cultural Revolution considered a fundamental violation of human rights. As China embraces capitalism, the Mao era is being surgically denigrated by the Chinese political and intellectual elite. This book tackles the extremely negati...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gao, Mobo C. F., 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, 2008.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Battle for China's past; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Debating the Cultural Revolution; 2 Constructing history: memories, values and identity; 3 Constructing history: memoirs, autobiographies and biographies in Chinese; 4 Mao, The Unknown Story: an intellectual scandal; 5 Mao: the known story and the logic of denial; 6 How a medical doctor doctors history: a case study of Li Zhisui; 7 Challenging the hegemony: contrary narratives in the e- Media (I)
  • Mao and the Cultural Revolution; 8 Challenging the hegemony: contrary narratives in the e- media (II)
  • the Mao era.
  • 9 The problem of the rural- urban divide in pursuit of modernity: values and attitudes10 The battle of China's history: seeing the past from the present; Conclusion: truth and belief values of socialism and China's future direction; Notes; Glossary of Chinese terms and names; Bibliography; Index.